ROUND 3 INTRO LOG

[foundationmods]

Welcome to The Island. The Witch extends her greetings to you on this fine day, and is pleased to finally begin the game. Please, take a seat.

Though this game may be more difficult than originally expected, there are high hopes placed upon you. Fight well against what awaits you in order to reach a truly sparkling end.

The difficulty level is challenging, but also depends on you. Think deeply on your moves as you play.

You wake with a start - even if you don't remember falling asleep in the first place - and find yourself standing on the dock of what looks like an island. There's a noise behind you - and if you turn to look, you'll see a plain white boat taking off and leaving you all behind, not stopping for a second if you try to flag them down or scream at them.

It doesn't look like you can swim to shore, either - there's nothing but sea in all directions, and something tells you trying to swim out will end up badly. However, a small dip, if you were so inclined, would be fine. It's not like the weather is bad for it - it feels like it's summer, despite it having been firmly springish at the Foundation.

...Speaking of, what happened? The last thing you remember is being...wherever you were, and then seeing a yellow bird come towards you. Perhaps it was in the corner of your eye, or landed on your shoulder...regardless, all of you saw the bird before you were whisked away to this strange island.

Is it a new SCP? Something like this isn't outside the realm of their abilities, after all.

And there's something else. Your abilities are blocked, beyond those natural to your body. Try as you might, you just can't use any of your more supernatural or superhuman skills - though all of your physical abilities are intact, of course.

There is also a...letter? on your person, as if it was there all along - in your pocket or in your hand. It is...a remarkably plain envelope, and even the letter itself is plain parchment.

It reads:

'To the players in this game,

First and foremost, let me begin with an apology: for many of you, this is not a good time to bring you here, and forcing you to play in this game instead of asking nicely is quite rude of me. For that, you have my apologies.

However, as you will soon find out, this game is quite necessary. I hand-picked all of you because I felt you were the best for this task, strange circumstances notwithstanding, and I am sure you will excel beyond even my expectations. Please give me some consideration and play this game to your best efforts. Success will be greatly rewarded.

I will be watching, and I will intervene if needed. But I think all of you are up to this task. I am in your debt for this.

- The Witch of ██████████'

...hm.

If you decide to head up the path, you'll find Goat....men? waiting for you near the doors to the mansion. Despite their bright red eyes, they merely bow politely and wordlessly bring you into the mansion, showing you your rooms and then stating that they will prepare food for you or anything else you should need whenever you want, in surprisingly deep voices.

As they leave, you can't help but wonder...

Where are you now?

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Comments

[fullbodied]

Exactly. I'm gonna hold you to that, you know? Because I've been dying for a revolution since I first got here. The Foundation's shady as hell. And once you're trapped, you're trapped.

[kiddatheart]

Yeah, I bet you are. [ sighs ] And don't I know it. That place is so effin' messed up.

[fullbodied]

You don't know the half of it. You've been at training.

[kiddatheart]

How long you been here?

[fullbodied]

Six months. Six long, miserable months.

[kiddatheart]

--That's rough, buddy.

[fullbodied]

It sucked. I didn't see many other Phantom thieves, just Akira. And I heard Makoto was around too.

[kiddatheart]

Shit, seriously?

[ a pause ] Kinda glad the rest of us didn't get brought here. We had enough stuff to worry about back home.

[fullbodied]

Huh?

What are you talking about?

[kiddatheart]

Whaddya mean "what are you talking about"?

Don't... don't you remember?

[fullbodied]

Remember what?

[????]

Did something happen after our road trip to Akira's hometown?

[kiddatheart]

When the hell did we have enough time to go to Akira's hometown?! We didn't even have enough time to finish Nijima's palace!

[fullbodied]

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Of course we did. And then we went and beat Shido's palace and Mementos.

[kiddatheart]

What are you talkin' about?

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Something's not adding up here

[fullbodied]

What are you talking about? What do you mean you didn't have time to finish Sae's palace? You mean you missed the deadline?!

[and her heart jumps in her throat thinking about it.]

[kiddatheart]

[ and goes quiet again but the look on his face says yes ]

[fullbodied]

But... how? Ryuji, what happened?

[she reaches out and puts a hand on his arm, squeezing lightly. she's very concerned.]

[kiddatheart]

--I was supposed to remind him.

[fullbodied]

[oh. Ryuji.

Ann wants to punch you for being so irresponsible, but instead, she just hugs him.]

We'll figure something out. Don't worry.

[but it's bad that Shido and Akechi have Akira. that much she knows.]

[kiddatheart]

[ yeah. yeah he knows but he just sags into her arms. they'll have this moment and then ann will punch him ]

What if I screw it up again, though?

[fullbodied]

Or you could not screw it up.

... And don't tell her I said this, but it's Makoto's fault for not texting just in case you messed up. I'm actually kind of surprised she let you even be the reminder for the deadline.

She should know what everyone's good at.

[kiddatheart]

I effed up, I know. [ sighs ]

I gotta do it right this time.

[fullbodied]

You did.

But we're a team. When one of us screws up, everyone does.

[kiddatheart]

[ takes a deep breath before squeezing her and pulling away slightly ]

You'll help me make it right?

[fullbodied]

'Course I will. You got a whole second half of a personal journey to go through, and I'm not letting you skip it.